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401(k) fees are eating up savings

to pay for tuition or a first-time home purchase. The holder is not required to make withdrawals at any point. There is an income cutoff for eligibility. Roth 401(k): Employer-sponsored retirement acc... read more

Some charities say proposed bingo law spells trouble for them

The money goes to pay for Elks' projects ... Race Course and one elsewhere in Birmingham, with the operator to be chosen by the Birmingham City Council. The bill would set minimum investment requireme... read more

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It's a super plan now, but what about long-term?

The Prime Minister argues that "by delaying the increase in the superannuation guarantee levy we are keeping more money in workers ... the next decade. Tax revenues will be brought forward: the typica... read more

Pregnant panhandler caught driving off in Mercedes Benz

She stands outside local shopping centers every weekend with her son, sometimes with her husband, too, begging for money and apparently getting a lot of it, enough to afford a Mercedes. "She sits ther... read more

Special property tax lacks robust oversight, accountability

Homeowners in the same neighborhood can pay vastly different amounts. Some people may pay into one Mello-Roos district ... Union High School District has used at least $46 million in special taxes pai... read more

Is California's Decline Just More Right-Wing Propaganda?

Ah, those were the days — when the private sector was still willing to back California with its own money. As any conservative will tell ... receipts were goosed by companies attempting to pay taxes e... read more

Killeen officials mum with closed audit meetings

More than a year has passed since the council and public were blindsided by an $8 million shortfall in city finances ... Those include capital projects; bond money usage; interfund transfers; pay incr... read more

The two questions that determine your scientific literacy (Synopsis)

“Through basic science literacy, people can understand the policy choices we need to be making. Scientists are not necessarily the greatest communicators, but science and communication is one of the f... read more

The Clinton scandals entailed violent threats against people who knew about his sex life

In the late 1990s my journalistic career got a flat tire when I became wrapped up in the Clinton scandals. Good liberal friends told me I was overzealous or helping the other side. I had been assigned ... read more

The land of milk and money

Some consumers not only want more convenience but are even willing to pay for it ... and I know how you spend your money day in day out, then I know a lot more about you than even the Tax Office, and ... read more

Over the past three decades, the Sweetwater Union High School District has used at least $46 million in special taxes paid by property owners in the Eastlake neighborhood to fund projects in other par... read more